Showing posts with label 723rd Railway Operating Battalion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 723rd Railway Operating Battalion. Show all posts

723rd Railway Operation Battalion - James Earl Bragg

Thanks so much to Wendy for sharing here grandfather,  James Bragg's photos, letters etc from his service during WWII in the 723rd 

 

Photos All photos here

Headquarters photo

  Documents  part 1

  

Documents part 2

 

 Separation papers  





723rd Railway Operating Battalion close call The_Star_Ledger_1945_10_29_72

 


723rd Railway Operating Battalion The Rhinelander Daily News Mar 20, 1945, page 4

 


Merry Christmas from this blog and the men of the 723rd December 1945

N.Y. Central Headlight Railroad Magazine Vol. 5 No. 1 January 1944

January 1944

  • 718th Railway Operating Battalion 
  • 710th HQ Railway Operating Battalion 
  • 723rd Railway Operating Battalion 
  • 722nd Railway Operating Battalion 
  • 743rd Railway Operating Battalion 
  • MRS Africa 
  • MRS ROB Alaska Clark

 

723rd Railway Operating Battalion in France: Ludovic and his truck

Very interesting note from Ludovic in France about the 723rd ROB in France and their trucks.

My name is Ludovic; I am a Frenchman and live in Normandy, 15 miles West from DREUX city. I was always interested in military history and, because my grandfather Maurice was a rail worker from 1922 to 1960 in the area Dreux-Verneuil sur Avre, I discovered, years ago, that it was the 723 rd ROB who was in charge of our railway line.

Many times, I've read the saga of this unit in your blog, and ten years ago, my son Geoffrey and I, bought a 1944 GMC tipper truck with the intention to restore it and give it markings of the 723 rd, to maintain its memory here. The nicknames of our truck is "Alamo" and "Georges"(an uncle of mine which was soldier during and
after WW2). So, our truck is running since this year. I've read that it was the "A" company of the 723 rd who used some trucks as it, but how may, I don't know...?
So, the markings are to be completed with truck/company n°. Enclosed, photos of us and another from the 1944 era in Normandy. I hope this will be of interest for you and old friends of America. very sincerely yours, Ludovic

Military Railway Service Journal Vol3 No6 Nov 1956

Other Units mentioned: 740th Railway Operating Battalion, 719th Railway Operating Battalion, 725thRailway Operating Battalion, 714th Railway Operating Battalion,725th Railway Operating Battalion,726th Railway Operating Battalion, 712th Railway Operating Battalion, 730th Railway Operating Battalion

Military Railway Service Journal Nov 1956 by Nancy on Scribd

723rd ROB -- various documents

723.pdf by Nancy

723rd Railway Operating Battalion, Roland Lindale

More photos

720th , 722nd , 723rd Railway Operating Battalion Casualties Killed in Action- Buried abroad


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Railway Operating Battalion Casualties Killed in Action- Buried abroad

World War II 1 Rank:Captain, U.S. Army
 Service Number:O-298849 1
Awards:Bronze Star 1
Regiment:720th Railway Operating Battalion 1
Howard O Hoonsbeen Full Name:Howard O Hoonsbeen 1
Death: Buried: Buried at: Plot M Row 4 Grave 10
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands 1 Death: 28-Aug-45 1 Death Date: 28 Aug 1945 1
 Memorial Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: Margraten, Netherlands 1 Memorial Location: Plot M Row 4 Grave 10 1 Residence:State: Illinois 1

World War II 1 Rank:Master Sergeant, U.S. Army 1
Service Number:36676899 1 Regiment:720th Railway Operating Battalion 1
Lonnie W Baker Full Name:Lonnie W Baker
Death:Buried: Buried at: Plot A Row 40 Grave 37
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France Death: 14-Dec-44 Death Date: 14 Dec 1944
 Memorial Cemetery: Epinal American Cemetery
Memorial Country: Epinal, France Memorial Location: Plot A Row 40 Grave 37 Residence:State: Alabama

World War II 1 Rank:Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army 1
 Service Number:34817627 1 Regiment:722nd Railway Operating Battalion 1
Melvin D Shaffer Full Name:Melvin D Shaffer 1
Death: Buried: Buried at: Plot A Row 31 Grave 52
Epinal American Cemetery
Epinal, France 1 Death: 7-Dec-44 1 Death Date: 07 Dec 1944 1
Memorial Cemetery: Epinal American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: Epinal, France 1 Memorial Location: Plot A Row 31 Grave 52 1 Residence: State: Ohio 1

World War II 1 Rank:Private, U.S. Army 1
Service Number:35916807 1 Regiment:722nd Railway Operating Battalion 1
 Robert M Thomas Full Name:Robert M Thomas 1
Death:Buried: Buried at: Plot N Row 4 Grave 13
Brittany American Cemetery
St. James, France 1 Death: 20-Sep-44 1 Death Date: 20 Sep 1944 1
Memorial Cemetery: Brittany American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: St. James, France 1 Memorial Location: Plot N Row 4 Grave 13 1 Residence:State: Tennessee 1

World War II 1 Rank:Captain, U.S. Army 1
 Service Number:O-487959 1 Regiment:722nd Railway Operating Battalion 1
Arthur R Hoveland Full Name:Arthur R Hoveland 1
Death:Buried: Buried at: Plot G Row 5 Grave 23
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands 1 Death: 2-Jun-45 1 Death Date: 02 Jun 1945 1
Memorial Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: Margraten, Netherlands 1 Memorial Location: Plot G Row 5 Grave 23 1 Residence:State: Montana 1

World War II 1 Rank:Private, U.S. Army 1
Service Number:39621562 1 Regiment:723rd Railway Operating Battalion 1
 John R Valentine, Jr Full Name:John R Valentine, Jr 1
Death: Buried: Buried at: Plot B Row 12 Grave 14
Brittany American Cemetery
St. James, France 1 Death: 10-Dec-44 1 Death Date: 10 Dec 1944 1
Memorial Cemetery: Brittany American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: St. James, France 1 Memorial Location: Plot B Row 12 Grave 14 1 Residence:State: Montana 1

World War II 1 Rank:Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army 1
 Service Number:39621500 1 Regiment:723rd Railway Operating Battalion 1
William G Miles Full Name:William G Miles 1
Death: Buried: Buried at: Plot F Row 15 Grave 14
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands 1 Death: 18-Apr-45 1 Death Date: 18 Apr 1945 1
Memorial Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: Margraten, Netherlands 1 Memorial Location: Plot F Row 15 Grave 14 1 Residence:State: New Jersey 1

 World War II 1 Rank:Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army 1
Service Number:42100648 1 Regiment:723rd Railway Operating Battalion 1
 Merlin P Murnan Full Name:Merlin P Murnan 1
Death:Buried: Buried at: Plot O Row 15 Grave 7
Netherlands American Cemetery
Margraten, Netherlands 1 Death: 22-Aug-45 1 Death Date: 22 Aug 1945 1
Memorial Cemetery: Netherlands American Cemetery 1
Memorial Country: Margraten, Netherlands 1 Memorial Location: Plot O Row 15 Grave 7 1 Residence:State: Alabama 1

723rd Unit Card

723RD Unit Card by Nancy

723rd Railway Operating Battalion Headquarters Roster

 


723 HQ photo Seated in front: 
 Left to right Row Chaplain Lt. Rusthoi, Lt McClooney, Capt Johnson 

Left to right Row (1) (1) Thomas D. Mooney, (2)Thomas leeper (3) Sidney M.Mellor, (4) Ivan D. Grable (5) William C. Hartigan (6) Leonard W. April (7) Melvin W. Malet (8) Robert L. Broviak (9) Robert C. Cox (10) Philip Giovengo (11) Arthur E. Rees (12) David M. Love (13) Richard O. Skinner (14) Harry R. Wallace (15) David H. Coffman (16) Walker McCoy (17) Mark J. Flum (18) Lyle W. Massoy (19) Richard D. Miller (20) Charles E. Murray (21) Cleveland S. Baker (22) Russell L. Carson (23) Roy P. Asfahl (24) Thomas A. Murray (25) Robert L. Cottle (26) Harold J. Kratze (27) Robert Borrego 

Left to right Row (2) (1) William C. Pjura (2) Arthur M. Smith (3) Luthor Horn (4) Walter S. Groesbeck (5) Arthur R. Hoveland (6) Cleo H. Kanodo (7) Carl E. Hippensteel (8) Paul L. Irish (9) John C. Lonac (10) Charles T. McKenna (11) Erwin Landy (12) Frank C. Beckham (13) Roman A.Viduski (14) Eldridge L. Schope (15) Howard G. Smale (16) Herbert B. Kohus (17) William D. Sears (18) Francis C. Burns (19) Thomas C. Aldridge (20) Harold A.Pleet (21) George F. Weber (22) Lloyd A. Bryant (23) Paul V. Owens (24) Thomas J. Bowes (25) James C. Kerschner (26) Leo R. Whalen 

 Left to right Row (3) (1) Oliver L. Hawkins (2) Randle Shumate (3) John T. Geary (4) Emerson O. Draper (5) Ralph C. Mueller (6) Paul W. Sorr (7) Raymond W. Maze (8) Max W. Larson (9) Russell J. Burloy (10) Orlen L. Stuart (11) Chester Conrad (12) Emil W. Madsen, Jr. II (13) Eugene E. Roody (14) William H. Guild, Jr. (15) Clifford Crooch (16) Doland Priestly (17) Bert A. Cramer (18) James E. Bragg (19) Earl W. Skiver (20) John J. Kujawa (21) Robert J. Hentschell (22) Barney M. Porter (23) Harry A. Morrison (24) Lawrence B. Gallenstein (25) Daniel R. Tafelski 

 Left to right Row (4) (1) George J. Herman (2) Harley A. Collier (3) John R. Davis (4) Eldon A. Hunt (5) Arthur H. Schorr (6) Walter D. Garman (7) Karl Schroeder (8) Edward S. Torres (9) Elmer T. Manning (10) Julius Levine (11) Oscar J. Mangold (12) Fred Z. McNeil (13) Wilbur A. Hunt (14) Nelson Morgan (15) Robert J. Rohn (16) James W. Wade (17) Clarence W. Burningham (18) Lelsie E. Frank (19) William R. Stipp (20) Clyde E. Myrphey (21) Harry W. Schmidt (22) Harvard G. Markentien (23) Harry E. Winson (24) Joseph M. Pacejka 

 Left to right Row (5) (1) William B. Davenport (2) Aloysius Trobitoski (3) Lawrence Daily (4) William H. McComas (5) Delmar K. Tucker (6) Maurice G. Gerrity (7) Wilber L. Thornton (8) Charles W. Shelton, Jr. (9) William J. Morris (10) Raymond L. Briggs (11) Clarence D.Giblin (12) Charles Smith (13) William C. Burnett (14) Francis J. Rau (15) Lawrence C. Wells (16) James W. Sullivan (17) Donnie N. Crenshaw (18) John G. Hayes (19) William H. Turner (20) Clare W. Crouch (21) Bernard M. Hedges (22) Argyle A. Coffman (23) Louis M. Morgan (24) Stanley Cohon (25) George G. Smith (26) James W. Tate (27) Darlington R. Hawkins (28) Ross E. Robinson 



Kevin writes … Thank you for posting the info and photos of the 723rd Railway Operating Battalion on the blog.  I stumbled onto it, and was interested---

In the HQ photo the Lt. McClooney seated in the front row center—he was my uncle.  James E. McClooney.  He now rests at Arlington National Cemetery here in Washington DC.

I heard many stories during visits to my uncle, while growing up as a child in the 1960s about the 723rd and his work in the Railway Operating Battalion.  At that time he was a civilian instructor at the Army Transportation School at Ft. Eustis

723rd Engineer Railway Operating Battalion photo

This is an original 1942,  4 1/2" by 2 1/4" WW-2 Photo, that shows a officer (Lieutenant?) with his lady. He was assigned to the US Army
723rd Engineer Railway Operating Battalion. Note the early uniform with John Brown Belt, riding pants and boots. This photo came from the collection of a veteran of the 723rd.

The 723rd was originally organized as the 614th Railway Engineer Battalion in 1924. In 1933 it was redesignated as the 614th Engineer Battalion a Reserve unit affiliated with the Union Pacific Railroad Company and reorganized in February, 1941 as the 723rd Railway Operating Battalion, Transportation Corps. From 1943 to 1945, the 723rd operated in the European Theater in England, France, Belgium, and Germany. It was part of the occupation forces in Germany from May to October 1945.

723rd Railway Operating Battalion soldiers and mail

723rd Railway Operating Battalion

Raymond C. Jensen -Raymond was a Staff Sergeant with Company A, 723rd Railway Operating Battalion during World War II.

Wilbur A. Hunt-Wilbur was a Tech 5 with the Headquarters Company of the 723rd Railway Operating Battalion.

Guilford H. Howe - Corporal

723rd Railway Operating Battalion Roster

723rd Railway Operating Battalion Roster by Nancy Cunningham

723rd ROB Saga of the 723d Railway Operating Battalion

Saga Of The 723rd Railway Operating Division by Nancy

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